Heat-radiating mantel.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

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ALEXANDER HAGER, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

HEAT-RADIATING MANTEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed May 2, 1907. Serial No. 371,523.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heat- Radiating Mantels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in heat radiating fire place mantels.

The object of the invention is to provide a fire place mantel constructed of hollow metal parts forming a series of passages through which are arranged heat and smoke conducting tubes, leading from the top of the fire place and forming a continuous passage through the parts of the mantel and connected at its discharge end with the chimney or flue, thereby providing means for utilizing the heat from the smoke and gas of the fire, which would otherwise pass directly out of the chimney and be wasted.

With this object in View, .the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a mantel constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view tlnough the base, supporting columns, and the shelves of the mantel; Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through the lower shelf of the mantel.

In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in the accompanying drawings, the mantel consists of a back or body portion, 1, upper and lower columns, 2 and 3, a lower shelf, 4, an upper shelf 5, and a base portion, 6. In the lower portion of the back 1 is arranged a fire place 7, which may be constructed for the use of any kind of fuel or for a gas grate. In the upper portion of the back may be arranged a mirror, 8. The columns 2 and 3, the upper and lower shelves and the base section of the mantel are hollow. The lower shelf 4, has arranged therein a smoke box, 9, which is divided into three compartments, or passages, 10, 11 and 12, and with the compartment 11 is connected the upper end of a smoke conducting pipe 13 from the fire place. With thecompartment 11 is also connected the upper end of a smoke conducting tube 14, which is arranged in the lower column, 3, on one side of the mantel, said tube 14 connects at its lower end with a horizontally disposed tube 15, which extends through the hollow base section 6, and connects at its opposite end with a vertically disposed tube or pipe, 16, which extends upwardly through the lower column 3 on the opposite side of the mantel, and connects at its upper end with the compartment 10 of the box 9 in the lower shelf of the mantel. VVith the compartment 10,.immediately above the opening of the tube 16 is also connected a smoke conducting tube or pipe 17, which extends upwardly through the upper column 2 on this side of the mantel; said tube or pipe 1'7 connects at its upper end with a horizontally disposed tube, 18, which extends through the upper hollow shelf 5 of the mantel. The opposite end of the tube 18 communicates with the upper end of a tube or pipe 19, which extends downwardly through the upper column 2 on the opposite side of the mantel and communicates at its other end with the compartment 12 in the box 9 of the lower shelf. The opposite end of the compartment 12 in the box 9 communicates with a discharge tube or pipe 20 arranged on the rear side of the back 1 of the mantel, the opposite side or upper end of said tube 20 communicating with the chimney or flue.

The various smoke and heating conducting tubes or pipes arranged in the difierent parts of the mantel form a continuous pas-' sage from the fire place to the chimney so that the smoke and gas from the fire will be conducted around through the mantel to permit the heat of the same to be radiated into the room before said smoke and other products of combustion are discharged into the flue, thus utilizing the heat therefrom, which would otherwise be wasted should the discharge tube 13 of the fire place be conthe mantel, where it is thoroughly heated by contact with the smoke conducting tubes therein, and is discharged at the upper end of the mantel. A portion of the top of the base section 6 may be made removable or in the form of a door, which is adapted to be opened to permit the base section to be cleaned out whenever necessary.

The top of the base section and the lower portion of the back, 1, may be constructed to receive tiles or. to be ornamented in the imitation of tiles, or of any other decorative designs.

\Nhile my invention is herein shown and described as being applied to a mantel having two shelves, I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to this particular design or construction of mantel, as it will be apparent that the arrangement may be placed in mantels having but one shelf, and of entirely different designs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A-mantel of the character described, comprising a back section, hollow supporting columns and shelves arranged on said back, a hollow base portion arranged beneath said columns, said hollow parts forming a continuous passage, a smoke box arranged in the lower shelf of the mantel, a series of smoke conducting tubes or pipes connected with said smoke box and the fire place and adapted to pass around through the hollow parts of the mantel to form a continuous smoke conducting tube or pipe, and a discharge pipe connected with said smoke boX and adapted to be connected with the chimney flue, substantially as described.

2. A fire place mantel comprising a metal back, a fire place arranged in said back, of hollow metal supporting columns, shelves and a hollow metal base section arranged on said back to form a continuous passage, a

series of smoke conducting tubes or pipes arranged in said hollow portion of the mantel and connected together to form a continuous smoke and heat conducting tube from said fire place to the chimney flue, and a cold air register arranged in said base section of the mantel, whereby cold air is supplied to the hot air passage of the mantel, where it is heated by contact with the hot air tubes in said passages, and is discharged at the top of the mantel, substantially as described.

3. A fire place mantel comprising a metallic back, a fire place arranged therein, upper and lower shelves arranged on said back, hollow supporting columns connected with said hollow shelves, a hollow base sec tion arranged below said colmuns and connected therewith, a removable cover in said base section, a smoke boX arranged in the lower shelf of the mantel, said boX having formed therein a series of compartments, a discharge pipe connecting one of said compartments with the fire place, a series of smoke conducting tubes or pipes arranged in said columns, upper shelf and base section, and connecting with the other compartments in said lower shelf to provide a continuous smoke and heat conducting passage through said hollow parts of the mantel, -and a cold air register arranged in the base of the mantel to admit cold air, which passes upwardly through the hollow parts of the mantel connected with said base, and is discharged in a heated condition from the open upper side of the top shelf, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER HAGER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. LINDBLOM, EMIL F. PETERSON. 

